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content/notes/COSC 202 Jet Hughes.md

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 # 6 Libraries and APIs
 
-a) A code library is embe
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+a) A code library provide code that can be used within one's own project. APIs differ from libraries because they deal with the interactions between applications at runtime. 
 
+b) A RESTful API adheres to the guidlines of Representational state transfer. Some fo these best practices include:
+- decoupled
+- stateless
+- uniform interface
 
+c)
+i) Sorting algorthims can be very complicated. Is would be far easier and faster to use one that has been thouroughly tested and optimised already.
+ii) Often there is no library that perfectly matches your specific needs, and it would be faster, and better to create if yourself. Also using a library can bloat your program and introduce security vulnerabilities as well as other things
 
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-# 7 Hashing
+# 7 Security
+a) Users will try to input malicious data to your software. For example, an Injection attack. This is when the user inputs data to a form, which tries to change the underlying